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1 fatally shot, 1 injured at Augusta, Ga. shopping center

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Police in eastern Georgia are investigating a shooting at a shopping center that killed a man and left another wounded.

Richmond County Sheriff's Sgt. Glen Rahn tells the Augusta Chronicle that an off-duty deputy working on a special assignment heard shots fired near a grocery store Saturday night.

Rahn says the deputy pursued a vehicle occupied by three men from the shopping center and learned that on was suffering from a gunshot wound. Authorities say deputies responding to the shopping center found the body of 35-year-old Michael Hanson of Augusta.

A detailed description of the suspects and information on the shooter's possible motive weren't immediately available.